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2112

 

Redemption of A Gangster Thirty Years In Prison

1. Thirty Years Behind Prison Bars or The Confessions of a Gunman.
Gordon, W. Lindsay.
New York: Gordon Trading Company, c.1920. Paper wraps. 23 pp. Gordon supposedly produced a movie The Slums of New York or The Gunmen of the Underworld. (#2112)
Price: $125.00  

2113

 

Wanted Poster Adultery And Elopement Jefferson Iowa 1908

2. $100.00 Reward Wanted For Adultery Thomas E. Mason and Edna Leek who eloped together February.
Thomas E. Mason is a married man. Signed in Type McBride Wilson Sheriff of Greene County and Dated Jefferson, Iowa, April 30, 1908. Measures 10 1/2 x 5 1/2. In... (#2113)
Price: $75.00  

2114

 

Book From Maine Insane Hospital Library Col. Black

3. The History of Chivalry.
James, G.P.R.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1857. Hardcover. 342 pp. Some cloth missing from spine. With bookplate Col. Black Library Maine Insane Hospital. In the back is a pocket with... (#2114)
Price: $50.00  

2115

 

Lizzie Borden Owned By Lizzie Estabrook A Fall River Contemporary

4. The Fall River Tragedy.
Porter, Edwin H.
Fall River, MA: Geo. R.H. Buffington, 1893. Hardcover. 212 pp. Title on cover faded. Owned by Lizzie D. Estabrook, 292 Pine Street, Fall River, Mass. It appears Estabrook lived in... (#2115)
Price: $850.00  

2116

 

Defender-Offenders-Chromolithographs Portraits-Men/Women Adams Six Gun 578

5. Defenders and Offenders.
New York: D. Bucher & Co., 1888. Hardcover. 124 pp.(unpaginated) color lithographs. Covers mildly worn, some staining but not affecting the portraits. Colored mug book published from plates employed in... (#2116)
Price: $1,250.00  

2117

 

Photo Album The 1950's Answer To Internet Dating

6. Photo Album -Album 46.
Detroit, MI: Photo Album Publishing Co., c.1959. Paper wraps. 47 pp of photos of men and women with descriptions. Contains information on how you can get your photo published. (#2117)
Price: $50.00  

2118

 

Chimney Sweep Kills A Mariner 1796 Salem MA. Interesting Inscription

7. A Sermon Delivered At Salem, January 14, 1796 Occasioned By The Execution of Henry Blackburn.
Fisher, Nathaniel.
Boston: S. Hall, 1796. Paper wraps. 21 pp, staining and insect damage. Harvard discard stamp. Inscription on the half title: "Sally Galloway her book given to her by Mrs. Parker... (#2118)
Price: $200.00  

2119

 

Van Diemen's Land Pardon 16-Year-Old Thief -Transportation -William Thomas Denison 1850

8. Vellum legal document signed by Sir William Thomas Denison Lieutenant Governor Van Diemen's Land Dated.
The pardon is for John Mc Millan. At the age of 16 Mc Millan was found guilty of theft in an Edinburgh court. He was sentenced to life and transported... (#2119)
Price: $550.00  

2120

 

Sing Sing Prison Baseball Team Program, 1933

9. Public Service Baseball Club of New Jersey VS Mutual Welfare League Baseball Team Sing Sing.
Lawrence Field Ossining, NY August 13, 1933. Single sheet folded. Inside is a score card with the names of the players. (#2120)
Price: $100.00  

2121

 

Murder Song Poem Broadside NY 1858 James Rogers

10. The Lamentation of James Rodgers.
Sold by J. Andrews, Publisher, 38 Chatham Street NY. Circa 1859. Measures 9 x 6. Some offsetting on margins where it was matted. It is hinged and not laid down... (#2121)
Price: $425.00  

2122

 

Wanted Murder Providence Rhode Island1909 Laura Register

11. $100 Reward State Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations...for person or persons who caused the.
E.L. Freeman Company, Central Falls, R.I. Measures 19 x 12. In good condition. (#2122)
Price: $250.00  

2123

 

Maine Odd Fellows-Fugitive Slave-Library-CA And Texas, Sheet Music-School For Orphans

12. Record Book Carrabasset Lodge I.O.O.F. Skowhegan Maine 1845-1854.
Hardcover. 260 pp with a separate book with its Constitution and Membership. Among the resolves offered for discussion are Fugitive Slave Law, Texas and the California Gold Rush, The Annexation... (#2123)
Price: $450.00  

2124

 

Sex In The City-Adultery-Abortion-Child Kidnapping-Divorce-NYC 1865

13. New York General Sessions The People Against Peter R. Strong, Impleaded With Electa M. Potter.
49 pp, removed from a bound volume. This case is part of a very public messy divorce among the well to do of NYC. Mrs. Strong had an affair with... (#2124)
Price: $300.00  

2125

 

Newgate Prison NY Archive Inventory, All Dept.-Books-Sales Debits Credits 1822

14. Manuscript archive of Newgate Prison 1822.
Includes a 32-page inventory of the facility kitchen, hospital, stable, blacksmith shop and others. Under Sundries it lists 6 New Bibles, 14 spelling books, 8 Common prayers, 7 Watts Psalms... (#2125)
Price: $1,500.00  

2126

 

Shenandoah County VA Rev. Ireland African American Woman Attempted Murder

15. The Life of the Rev. James Ireland Who Was For Many Years Pastor of the.
Ireland, Rev. James.
Winchester, VA: Printed For The Publisher J. Foster, 1819. Leather hardcover. 232 pp. Old tape repair on the title page, foxing and staining. Leather binding very scuffed. Fair condition. Contains... (#2126)
Price: $375.00  

2127

 

Robinson Tipped In Photos-Anti-Slavery-Underground Railroad-Women's Rights --Anthony-Stanton

16. A Few Leaves From Father Robinson's Scrap-Book.
New York: Printed for Family Distribution, 1866. Hardcover. 155 pp with tipped in photographs of Robinson and his wife. Articles penned by Robinson. Many on Abolition. His house was part... (#2127)
Price: $150.00  

2128

 

Portland Wants A Statue Of Longfellow 1884 Fundraiser

17. Membership form for the Longfellow Statue Association stating that Alice O. Hastings of Fryeburg is.
Dated 1884 and signed by Philip Henry Brown and Charles F. Libby. Has been folded. The statue created by Franklin Simmons and installed in 1889. (#2128)
Price: $100.00  

2129

 

First American Missionaries Native Americans Woman Missionary Whirlwind OK

18. The First Americans.
New York: The Board of Missions, c.1900s. Paper wraps. 14 pp. Among the illustrations is one that shows a woman missionary at Whirlwind OK. This might be Harriet Bedell who... (#2129)
Price: $50.00  

2130

 

MA Murder Wanted Poster Gallagher 1901 Twirls His Mustache

19. Wanted For Murder A Reward Of $500.00.
Signed in Type Alfred E. Hodges Mass. District Police Taunton, Mass. Oct. 15, 1901. John E. Gallagher is wanted for the murder of Joseph McMahon. Included in the lengthy description... (#2130)
Price: $100.00  

2131

 

Two Fliers Committee For Freedom Of The Arts Parade NYC 1964

20. Two mimeographed flyers from Committee for Freedom of the Arts Torchlight Parade April 22, 1964.
8 1/2" x 11". Good condition. (#2131)
Price: $75.00  

2132

 

Founder of Prison Discipline Society Seeks Patronage Stephen Van Rensselaer 1827

21. One page letter from Louis Dwight dated Boston, Oct. 2, 1827, to Hon Stephen Van.
Louis the founder of the Prison Discipline Society is seeking support from Van Rensselaer. (#2132)
Price: $100.00  

2133

 

Flyer Auction Banned Books Go To Jail NYC League For Sexual Freedom 1960's

22. Flyer issued by the NYC League for Sexual Freedom.
Single sheet mimeographed. The League was seeking "Volunteers Wanted To Go To Jail for Freedom of Press." Their plan was to have volunteers auction off banned books and thus sent... (#2133)
Price: $75.00  

2134

 

Phebe Hanaford 1865 Poems On Lincoln-First Lesbian Minister? Woman's Suffrage

23. Our Martyred President.
Hanaford, Mrs. P.A.
Boston: B.B. Russell and Company, 1865. Paper wraps. 24 pp in good condition. Phebe Hanaford (1829-1921) was the first woman ordained a minister in the Universalist Church of New England... (#2134)
Price: $300.00  

2135

 

Billhead With A Map Plan Of The City Of Boston 1849

24. Boston Letter Paper dated Boston Feb 6, 1849.
In good condition. (#2135)
Price: $50.00  

2136

 

Cartoon Revenge of The Lobster Dinner Maine 1950's

25. Unsigned original cartoon "Scene At The Bartlett's Monday Night But We Did Have A Swell.
Circa 1950's. Most likely Maine. (#2136)
Price: $75.00  

2137

 

White Mts. Arctic Philosopher Hollow Earth Theory Stereo view

26. No. 143 Artic Philosopher in the Pool Franconia Stereoview.
Circa 1880's. Some fading. John Merrill (1802-1892) AKA "Th Arctic Philosopher" was a well-known character in the White Mountains. He would row tourists around the pool in Franconia Notch while... (#2137)
Price: $75.00  

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